The Swan Orphanage [North Inquiry]

Publication Resource Details

In
The Daily News
Publication Date
26 April 1911
Page Numbers
3
URL
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article81746128
Description
'The Swan Orphanage [North Inquiry]' is an article from The Daily News. It reports on the establishment of an inquiry by the Under-Secretary of the Colonial Secretary's Department into allegations that children at the Swan Boys' Orphanage had been starved. This Departmental inquiry became known as the North Inquiry.

Related Information

Departmental Inquiry into allegations of starvation at the Swan Boys' Orphanage, Colonial Secretary's Office, State of Western Australia (1911 - 1911)
Swan Boys' Orphanage (1876 - 1942)

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